The record [American Idiot ] felt special to us, when we recorded it, with all of the artwork and the concept behind it and it being a rock opera, but we didn’t really know where it was going to go.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGThe fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.
More Billie Joe Armstrong Quotes
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If you can make your next day better than the previous one, then you will see what it really means something to you and not everything that people think you need for your life.
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We are not afraid to be entertainers.
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No matter what, if you’re a parent, you have to make sacrifices.
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It’s not necessarily getting older or the change that comes with it, I think it’s more about the memories that you have. Where you can look at your life in these eras.
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I’m not going to conform to some consumer need.
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We’ve been a band for 16 years. This is what you dream about.
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That’s the gamble that you make when you decide to become a rock musician. It’s totally unpredictable.
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Just about 99% of the population masturbates while the other 1% lie about it.
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I never thought being obnoxious would get me where I am today.
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Just because you’re in the missionary position don’t make you no missionary.
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I think it’s your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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I think people are born bisexual, and it’s just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of ‘Oh, I can’t’. They say it’s taboo. It’s ingrained in our heads that it’s bad, when it’s not bad at all. It’s a very beautiful thing.
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Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.
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Some of the punks didn’t know what to make of us, but I finally realized that was what made us punk. We sang what we meant, from the heart, and didn’t worry about what anyone was going to think.
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It’s better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven’t done.
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